that is this sunday on cnn. that's it for me. i'll be back tomorrow. don lemon takes it from here as don lemon takes it from here as "cnn newsroom" continues. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com good afternoon, everyone. i'm don lemon. we have a major story moving out of washington today. a deal in the works in congress for a big, long fence along the border with mexico. some 700 miles. plus a surge of border agents. in exchange for that, a possible path to citizenship for millions of people now in this country illegally. it's happening right now. cnn's dana bash has been way out front on this story. she is joining us live now from capitol hill. also in washington for us is our chief political analyst, gloria borger. hello to you, ladies. dana, i'm going to start with you first. this is a fluid situation. tell me what's happening right now. >> we're watching the senate floor because we expect at any minute now the chief republin sponsors of what they're calling

a breakthrough on immigration will come to the senate floor and talk about it in a public way for the first time. those are two senators, senators corker and senator hoban. the reason why this is so important is because conservatives all along have said that they just don't believe -- many of them say there shouldn't be any path to citizenship at all. some who are kind of in the middle have said if we're going to talk about that at all for illegal immigrants, the border must be secure first. many people, many senators, simply didn't think what they had been debating for weeks now was strong enough to secure the border. this measure, they say, makes the border even more beefed up. that's what we're going to see them talking about. this is obviously something that is very important politically for a whole bunch of reasons. but i think in the short term, it's most interesting to look at what it has been doing to the republican party. because republicans are pushing this only because they did so poorly in the last election. mitt romney got 27% of the hispanic vote. very low. precipitous drop from the high

watermark of george bush. the person who has really been pushing this and says it's necessary for the republican party to lure the hispanic voters back is senator marco rubio. i talked to him not too long ago in the senate hallways about his role in this. >> reporter: senator, as you well know, there are a number of fellow conservatives out there who say this is just a smoke screen and it doesn't change the fact that what they believe you have afwrgreed to is amnesty fo illegal immigrants. >> anyone in this country illegally is going to have to undergo a background check. pay a substantial fine for violating our laws. in return the only different thing they get different than what they have now is start paying taxes. we'll know who they are. they're here already. we're not talking about new people. we're talking about people living here now, that have been here at least since december of 2011. the only thing they're going to do now they're not doing is they're going to be paying taxes and undergoing a background check and paying a fine. beyond that we have very significant border measures that are now going to be amended on to the bill which basically says

that no one can become a legal, permanent resident of the united states until we add -- until we complete 700 miles of real border fencing, double the size of the border patrol to 40,000 by adding 20,000 new agents. until e-verify is fully implemented, and entry exit tracking system to prevent visa overstays is fully implemented and a very dramatic technology plan is fully implemented. >> reporter: how many votes do you think this is ultimately going to get? you probably know more than anybody. you've been working fellow republican colleagues. >> i don't know the exact number. i think it'll bring a substantial number of conservatives onboard. >> reporter: enough to get to the house or get the house to take it up? >> the house is a whole other process. i'm not in a position to tell the house what to do. they're have their own product, their own views. we'll wait for them to do their part of it. our job now is to get strong as possible legislation and measures out of the senate. >> reporter: you understand the politics of this probably better than anybody within the republican party. for someone like you from a diverse state with likely higher

ambition politically, this is important. for somebody in a conservative very red state, voting for something like immigration reform hurts them rather than helps them. how do you overcome that? >> i understand why conservatives are upset. they've seen all these promises in the past that haven't been delivered. that's why we're saying that nobody can become a legal permanent resident of the united states unless these border measures pass. >> reporter: but that simply is not resonating with a lot of his fellow conservatives here in the senate. they just had a press conference talking about the fact they simply don't buy it. they think this idea of beefing up the border with more agents, with the fence and more technology, is effectively just a smoke screen because they still think at the end of the day, a path to citizenship is the wrong way to go for illegal immigrants. one other thing i want to mention. you heard a little bit of talk about the house. this is kind of maybe the beginning of the end of the senate debate. it has a long way to go and the house is going to be a critical, critical thing. because the house speaker, republican speaker, needs to

really balance the -- the idea of what's good for the party and reality has within his own caucus. >> dana, you're stealing my thunder. i was going to talk to gloria. that was my question to gloria. gloria, before i ask you that question i know there are some lawmakers now i'm being told speaking out against this bill on the hill now. we're going to listen in. do we want to listen in to this? senator mike lee. let's listen, gloria. then we'll talk. >> -- for the american people to have their voice heard. we're reaching a point, we'll be casting key votes and the fate of this legislation will be decided. i think it's exceedingly important and valuable that the tea party patriots and the guests we have here today are heard on this issue. and that the american people seize this opportunity to communicate with their senators, to share with them their views about the need for a lawful

system of immigration that serves the national interest of the united states and makes life better for working americans, not worse. as the cbo said, this bill will pull down wages, increase unemployment. i'm delighted to be here today. share these thoughts and hear from our guests. >> okay. so mike lee and then jeff sessions speaking there. you can see, listen, this is -- it's a long way from getting done here, gloria. >> absolutely. it really is a long way. and as dana was mentioning, particularly in the house where the speaker has said that he needs to have a majority of his majority of republicans supporting some kind of immigration reform bill in order for it to get through his side. and that's -- you know, that's fwoi going to be a very tough thing for him to do. what you see here is the real split in the republican party. there are the sort of more nationally minded republicans who are looking towards the next

presidential election. one of them might be senator lindsey graham. i love to quote him on this because he said the republican party is in a demographic death spiral. >> wow. >> what he means by that, what he means by that is younger voters and minority voters. including hispanic voters. as dana pointed out early, they weren't doing so well with them. those thinking towards 2016 are thinking about immigration reform, thinking they have to figure out a way to deal with this. those who are thinking more locally are thinking this isn't really popular in my district. how am i going to sell this? they understand that nationally, and we've got a little poll on this. we asked what the major focus of immigration policy should be. and you see it there. almost 2-1 say it should be border security. and that is, you know, among democrats as well. democrats also want to see border security. although not in as high number,

obviously. so they have to do what they can. and that's what this new compromise is about that dana was talking about. they have to do what they can to show that they're beefing up the boots on the ground at the border. that they're going to spend money on 700 miles of new fence. that they're going to do everything they can to succeed in keeping people out of this country at the border before they allow people to even start on that long pathway to citizenship. >> all right. wow. a lot to talk about here. >> a long way. >> we'll see you guys throughout the evening here on cnn. gloria borger, dana bash, thank you very much. we move on now. i want to tell you this. forget about your retirement fund statement. don't even peek at your account. it's not a pretty day on wall street. i'm just being honest. investors are still reacting to fed chairman ben bernanke's comments about a potential winddown of the fed's economic stimulus. felicia taylor is at the nye

thai stonye stock exchange. how bad is it? >> it's not that bad. i want to quell people's fears. as one trade r said to me, we've been trading in a range between about 200 and 250. we did reach that 250 level. but not necessarily should people be panicking about this. we have been expecting that the federal reserve was going to hint at when they were going to pull back quantitative easing. we knew it had to happen at some point. this is sort of like a trial run. he's experimenting -- not experimenting. that's probably a little bit of an extreme word to use. but he's testing the marketplace to see how it's going to react to when eventually he's going to have to pull back stimulus. this is not a bad thing. we've had a great, great bull run this year. you can take a look at the s&p. it's up about 13%. it's a little bit of a pullback like this, i'm not saying 230 points isn't obviously a fairly significant drop, but it's not a panic selloff by any stretch of the imagination. don? >> felicia taylor, thank you. we'll check back with you. people worldwide are mourning the death of actor james gandolfini from an apparent heart attack in italy.

the 51-year-old gandolfini turned the mobster stereo type upsidedown with his portrayal of tony soprano, a convicted mobster who saw a therapist. a gangster prone to panic attacks. a man who understood beauty and brutality. >> you know why we're here. any doubts or reservations, now is the time to say so. no one will think any less of you. because once you enter this family, there's no getting out. because family come before everything else. >> a soprano's co-star says gandolfini was an incredible friend and actor. >> jim was a very humble guy. he had no airs about him. he did what he had to do and he put it all out there and that's what i think made him great. he was as down to earth as anybody could be. he would do anything for you if you asked him to do you a favor or you needed something. he was right there.

it's a tragic loss that we have, we lost this guy. a great, great actor and a great friend. >> in real life gandolfini is being remembered as a gentle giant. he once described himself as a 260 pound woody allen. i want to bring in barbie in rome. how are people reacting in rome to gandolfini's sudden death? >> reporter: people are shocked here. they really consider him one of their own. his mother was born and raised in naples. and he really, you know, exemplifies this italian-american persona. he did it well. italians always, i think, thoughtsopranos" certainly is what their italian cousins were doing in the united states. it wasn't something that necessarily reflected the culture here. he was loved and respected as an italian descendent. >> people are wondering, barbie, what he was doing in italy. vacationing? working on a project? >> reporter: he was in rome for the last two days with his

13-year-old son. he's been in tabloids here. on his way to sicily to be presented with an award at a film festival which was to take place on the 22nd of june, that saturday. two hours before he died he spoke to the director of the film festival, told him he was so excited to bring his son so sicily to show more of his ial wr italian roots and heritage to his son. two hours later, he was dead. >> thank you, barbie. coming up here on cnn, an amazing catch by the daughter of one of baseball's biggest names. christina torre, daughter of former yankee manager joe torre, was in the right place at the right time. we'll tell you what she did. first, landlords from hell. have you ever had a landlord that you just couldn't get along with? you won't believe what one tenant had to put up with. some tenants had to put up. that's next. up meeting a lot more people but a friend under water is something completely different.

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it is so awful they're headed to jail. cnn's sarah gannon introduces us to the landlords from hell. >> reporter: forget landlords raising rent. the tenants at this san francisco apartment say they were stalked, bullied and harassed like you wouldn't believe. >> he saw the saw coming up trying to saw through. >> reporter: saws. threats. false police reports. this is how far kip and nicole macy went to try to get their tenants to move out. >> they actually cut a large hole in the living room. the defendants soak the victims bed and clothes and electronics with ammonia. >> reporter: that's not all. over two years prosecutors say the macys glued door lucks, cut phone lines, shut off utilities and had one tenant's windows boarded up while he was inside his apartment. but probably the worst thing they did? >> they want to make it crawl up. >> reporter: prosecutors say nicole macy asked a building inspector which beams to cut to make the apartments structurally unsound. they even threatened this man, a

property manager who was also living there. >> they told me if i come to the business they will shoot me. >> reporter: kip macy's attorney says branding them bralandlords from hell is unfair. they were naive about e conviction l eviction laws. >> goodness. i never. sarah gannon, this is unbelievable. where are these landlords now? >> don, both defendants pled fwlt to pretty serious charges. two felony counts of residential burglary. one felly count of stalking. one felly count of attempted grand theft. the plea deal calls for them to be formally sentenced to spend four years and four months in state prison. >> my goodness. all right. sara, thank you very much for that.

two people are dead after what police are calling a major explosion at a canadian fireworks plant. it happened today near montreal. the smoke from the blast could be seen for miles away. residences and businesses near the plant had to be evacuated after the explosion just as a precaution, though. we'll update you as we get more information on that story on cnn. coming up, federal agents race against time to save an 11-year-old girl from a child predator who posted on the internet that he wanted to rape her. the feds only had one small clue. how they used this to track him down. an amazing story. that's next. excuse me, sir i'm gonna have to ask you to power down your little word game. i think your friends will understand. oh...no, it's actually my geico app...see? ...i just uh paid my bill. did you really? from the plane? yeah, i can manage my policy, get roadside assistance, pretty much access geico 24/7. sounds a little too good to be true sir. i'll believe that when pigs fly.

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we want to go to detroit now where a jury has been unable to reach a verdict in the case of a police officer who shot a little girl during a raid. officer josef weekley was charged with involuntary manslaughter and careless discharge of a firearm causing death. 7-year-old ayiana stanton jones was sleeping on her couch in may of 2010 bhwhen officers raided r home looking for a suspect. officer weekley's gun went off,

shooting her in the head. a tv crew for a&e's documentary "the first 48" caught the raid on tape outside the home. a clip shown to the jury shows a device explode and then a gunshot. >> officer weekley testified ayiana's death was a tragic accident. sit tight and watch this. you've never heard anything like this next story. this next story has really blown up online. it's been read more than 1 million times in just the last 24 hours on cnn.com. it's about the race to save a girl not from a fire or an illness, but from a danger much more sinister. a child predator. and all federal agents had to go on was a blurry picture of a road sign. pay close attention. here's cnn's isha sesay.

>> reporter: this picture shows a sleeping 11-year-old girl blurred to protect her identity. in the backseat of a car, she has no idea what's being planned for her. >> predators who trade and produce child exploitation material and trade it online, they think they can do this anonymously. >> reporter: special agents patrick redling and jim cole work for homeland security investigation's cyber crime center outside washington, d.c. it's their job to find the victims of online child pornographers and hunt down the predato predators. >> he was posting images that depicted her sleeping. and he was doing things like pulling her underwear down. it was progressing. and so we were extremely concerned for her welfare. also the advice that he was getting from others really varied in range from everything about drugging her to really

brutally attacking her. >> reporter: the agents knew they didn't have much time. so they began looking at the image for clues. >> we started out with several things, and we initially were looking at the road sign here. it really looked to most of us who looked at it like it was highway 203. there was a highway 203 that did run east to west in kansas. and when we got there, the agent from kansas called me and said it's not highway 203. we just drove the whole highway. sign is not there. >> reporter: cole began a frantic boots on the ground search chris crossing the state along every highway that started with a "2." at the very end of the highway where it teed into anothhighway found the sign. i jumped out of the vehicle on a very busy highway and almost got hit by a car. taking my camera out and taking multiple shots of the area, knowing that would be important later on. >> reporter: from there, cole called the local sheriff's office who helped identify the

home where the abuse was taking place by a backyard -- the girl was rescued before the rape occurred. and the suspect was arrested. already in the first six months of 2013, hsi agents have rescued 337 child victims. and they've arrested 964 alleged child predators. >> our agency has a lot of resources that we put towards this particular mission. >> reporter: special agent redling has focused on fighting child exploitation for 13 years. a father of four, it's obvious this work carries added meaning. >> i don't want to -- i don't want to think about what it would be like if this component of our agency didn't exist. >> reporter: it does. so let that be a lesson to child predators who think they can hide behind the veil of a computer screen. isha sesay, cnn, atlanta. >> officers say the 11-year-old girl is now safe with her parents. it turns out her predator was a

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happening right now, immaterii want to get you live to washington where a senate hearing is about to go into the system, get under way. it's going to decide who gets to access the government's most secret security details you can probably guess why lawmakers called it. edward snowden, 29 years old, a high school dropout was not even working directly for the federal government when he revealed documents that shows the national security agency is tracking american calls and overseas internet activity. the inspector general for the

office of personnel management is going to testify about how contractors like snowden and federal employees get security clearance. patrick mcfarland will also talk about how flawed the system is. he found one woman who did credit checks, made up details in 1,600 reports. he also learned 20 employees have either been convicted or will plead guilty to falsifying background checks. i'm going to go now to cnn pentagon correspondent chris lawrence. there he is. we said we'd get you to washington. now we're there. chris, the inspector general believes these details are part of a bigger problem? >> without a doubt, don. i mean, it really brings to mind the fact that there are 5 million people out there with some sort of security clearance. and it brings up the question of how many of their background checks were done adequately. plus the fact that the inspector general has already said he's going to spend a lot on this hearing basically saying, i don't know, or we haven't looked

into that. because he says they simply do not have the resources to do the kind of oversight that this kind of important job entails. i think nothing points that out better than the fact that that woman that you just mentioned, don, the one who admitted that she falsified 1,600 credit checks. >> 1,600. >> 1,600. that woman's own background check, the one that she had to go through to get her job, that was also fabricated by yet another inspector who subsequently was convicted in a separate case. it just -- yjust really goes to show you. let me read you something from what you're going to hear during this testimony today. in fact, we learned that a contract background investigator who was removed from an opm contract for falsifying reports was later able to obtain contract employment performing background investigations for another federal agency while a criminal indictment for

fabricating reports was pending. nothing sums up the problem more than that, don. >> nothing better than that. let's talk solutions here. any reforms to the vetting process that you're hearing about in reaction to edward snowden? >> well, i just got off the phone a couple minutes ago with a former defense the president official who's spent extensive years going through background checks and also overseeing some of these programs. he says the entire system is broken. he said, look, they're spending $4,000 when they could be spending 100,000. you have people sitting there asking questions on a form. did you live at this address in 1982? is julie really your wife? things that a computer could do easily. he says a lot of that could be, you know, done for $100 by a computer. and then you take the people and move them out to do more thorough investigations. to go out and talk to folks. that you're not going to catch on just a surface background.

to look more deeply into people's online activities. which is where a lot of our lives are led now. not so much with our neighbors down the street. it's who we're interacting with online, don. >> chris lawrence, thank you. appreciate that. and the man who prompted today's hearing is in crunch time right now. it's thought that edward snowden is using a 90-day tourist visa while hiding out in hong kong. he reportedly flew there may 20th. so the visa could expire in august. so so far u.s. authorities have not charged him. not charged him. stay tuned for that. want to get you to some developing news. see that there in the corner of your screen. dow jones industrial average down 300 points. as promised, we'll get back to felicia taylor. something happened. what's going on, felicia? >> it's pretty interesting. any headline can actually move the markets at this kind of a juncture. i spoke to one trader. evidently there's a headline that crossed that said literally the fed is seen tapering qe to

$65 billion at the september fomc meeting. the point of this, though, is that the federal reserve did not make that announcement. i have to be very, very clear about that. the federal reserve has not said that they were going to begin tapering in september. what this was, was based on a survey of economists that believe it could begin in september. that accelerated the selling on the marketplace. literally sometimes you just see a headline and you react to that, anticipating. you're not going to find the real nugget of information that's in there. that is it was based on a survey of economists. the federal reserve has not made that pronouncement. nevertheless it did ak set rate the selling off. now down about 292 points. i would begin to think people would get back out of the marketplace. again, this is all based on what the federal reserve chairman has said already. once again, i'm going to re-emphasize this. he has hedged his bets. he's waiting for data points to be collected over the next few months before he actually makes any kind of a move. don? >> goodness. the power of being the fed

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you see live pictures of the courtroom down in sanford, florida. a jury has now been chosen for george zimmerman, the man who's accused of killing an unarmed teenager, trayvon martin, last year. a jury has been picked, we are told. this information just coming in now to cnn. of course he faces, george zimmerman there, neighborhood watchman, faces second defwree murd murder charges in that case. we have been following it here for the entire time. it took a while to pick the jury because they were concerned about finding someone who had not been swayed by media coverage, of course in a small town. smaller town. a municipality like sanford, florida. there was concern about that. it took a while, but they did find jurors who they said were not -- at least had seen something of it on the media but had not seen a lot on television or radio or reading newspapers. the jury had to answer lots of questions from both sides, from both attorneys from both sides. finally a jury has been picked. it has taken a couple of weeks for them to do that.

we are told that this -- originally they thought it was going to take four to six weeks for this trial. now they're thinking probably two to four weeks. according to all of our legal analysts, that's just about par for this type of case. of course, this case is going to bring into question about race, whether or not trayvon martin, the teenager, was targeted by george zimmerman because of his race. then we found out, of course, that the teenager was unarmed. the family has been very outspoken about this case from the very beginning, wondering why it had not -- george zimmerman was not arrested initially. it took some time for him to be arrested. finally after the family complained in the national media, the story got national attention -- we're going to listen in just for a little bit. let's listen in. >> state have any objection? we're still in the alternate for b-61. >> we'll strike 61, your honor. >> defense have any objections or strikes for b-72?

>> so apparently they're just doing some paper whereork. crossing off all the boxes they need to take care of. see ing ifthere are objections from both sides. a jury has been picked for george zimmerman. we'll get someone up for you to talk about this case and talk about the complexities of it, the nuances for this case. someone from our legal unit, we'll get them up very shortly here. what we can expect from this particular jury and this particular trial. more breaking news here on cnn. we have to move on. this one affects your wallet. you see her there. there's felicia taylor. she's at the dow. she's at the stock market now. felicia, down, what, 300 points? almost 300 points now all because of something the fed chairman said? >> well, this centers around what the expectations are of what the federal reserve is going to be doing in the next couple months. the next fomc meeting is in september. the question is when will this tapering begin? according to federal reserve chairman ben bernanke on

wednesday's testimony, he never really acknowledged that anything was going to start until he sees the correct economic numbers coming out. what i mean by that, there's a threshold he's set in terms of unemployment which should be at about 6.5%, maybe 7% he would begin tapering. what tapering means is is literally pulling back slowly from the stimulus that has been in the marketplace. we've seen $85 billion being injected into the marketplace on a -- well, on a very consistent basis. you can't forget we've had this unprecedented kind of stimulus which nobody really expected to last as long as it has for well over three years. so this is highly accommodative, highly unprecedented. so a pullback like this on the expectation it's going to slow down isn't so unyou recall. it's accelerated in the last few minutes. as i mentioned earlier in the show there was a headline that crossed that literally said the fed is seeing tapering qe to 65

billion from 85 billion in september. he did not say that. this was based on a survey done of a number of economists. what you can glean from that survey, the last suhr ray that was done only 20% of economists in the survey, there's only 54 of them, expected this would happen. now that number has moved up to 44%. presumably, obviously, the economists out there are seeing indications that there's a reason for the federal reserve to pull back. that doesn't mean they're going to. it opportunity mean he said he would. but there's the existence and the possibility that the market is getting better. that's not a bad thing. we want the economy to get better. the problem is, is that the quantitative easing has at some point got to go away. >> what they call the stimulus. kr yeah. winding down on that. two big stories. of course, you see the dow which has to deal with your wallet. then the story people have been following here for a year now. just a little bit more information before we go to break here. as i said, jury has been selected in the george zimmerman trial.

just to tell you about this jury, it's a six-person jury to hear the case of george zimmerman. it's been chosen. it consists of six women, we are told. there are no men. no men on this jury. four of them are white, one is black. the race of the only woman -- the race of the one lady is unknown. we're not exactly sure what it is. again, four white, one black. i'm not exactly sure of one. four alternates being chosen right now. more on this developing story when we come right back. i don'without goingcisions to angie's list first. with angie's list, i know who to call, and i know the results will be fantastic! find out why more than two million members count on angie's list. angie's list -- reviews you can trust. what are you guys doing? having some fiber! with new phillips' fiber good gummies. they're fruity delicious! just two gummies have 4 grams of fiber! to help support regularity! i want some... [ woman ] hop on over! [ marge ] fiber the fun way, from phillips'. [ woman ] hop on over! (announcenergy cycle... natural cats. they were born to play.

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breaking news here on cnn. it's coming out of sanford, florida. there you see mark o'mara, attorney for george zimmerman in court now. a jury has been picked. six member jury. let's put it up and show you the makeup of this jury. it's important because this case is going to center around race and whether or not trayvon martin, an unarmed black teenager, whether he was targeted by neighborhood watch volunteer george zimmerman last year when he was -- when trayvon martin was gunned down, was shot, by george zimmerman. all women. there are all women on this jury. four of them are white. one is black. one, the race is unknown. four alternates being selected as we speak. sunny hostin now, our legal analyst here on cnn joining me now by phone. sunny, no men. does that say anything about this trial and how they picked the jury. why would they do that? >> yeah. i'm not sure that it says something about why they picked them. i mean, i do know i was in the

courtroom for some of the voir dire in this case. and it was a pretty heavily weighted jury towards women. i believe when the 40 were chosen, there were only about 16 men and about 24 women. so i suspected early on that we could reach a jury of all women. of course, the alternates haven't been chosen. i believe there are going to be four alternates. so you may end up with a man or two on the jury as an alternate. >> yeah. >> but it's just sort of the way the cookie crumbles sometimes. i think what the real issue is going to be, which is fascinating, is that there has been a lot of studies on how women react to hearing certain details. how female jurors are sometimes more empathetic when there is a young victim. and so i think it's going to be almost a case study to look at

for impanelling juries in the future. it is rare, i think, to have an all female jury. and there's no question that there have been stud ties in regard to how women react on juries to certain evidence. >> sunny? >> i think it'll really be interesting. >> can i jump in here and ask you, i think this is important as well. more than half of the people who are chosen that we know about on this jury, the alternates have not been chosen, half are gun owners. >> isn't that something? we are talking about a case in the south. there is -- there is more gun ownership. we don't see it as much here where i grew up in the northeast. i think that is going to be a factor in this case. because many people are saying, well, you know, he had a gun. well, yes, but he did have a permit for that gun.

he had a weapons permit. perhaps these jurors aren't going to think much about that. they're going to think, well, that part is okay. that, i think, takes away some of that, you know, for lack of a better term, the feeling of animosity that some folks have about -- about gun ownership and people that have guns. i don't think that's going to be a factor anymore in this case. >> sunny, stand by. we're going to need your expertise. we want to get now live to sanford, florida. hln's jean casarez is there. jean, you've been following this case from the very beginning. you've watched the lengthy process of picking a jury here. now one has been picked. we've been talking about the makeup. as you're there and you've been watching, what's your assessment at this point? >> reporter: well, i want to tell you i just got out of the courtroom. and it's very, very intense in there. extremely intense. of course, jurors are not present. this is being done before the judge. but it is an all female jury. it went very quickly. i think what is interesting to

note is the preemptory strike which can be for any reason whatsoever, but it must be race neutral, it was the prosecutor that exercised a preemptory strike on an african-american male. he was one of the initial jurors to be questioned in this case. the defense did not contest that to say it was not a race neutral reason. the defense allowed it to go forward. but when it came to striking white females, the defense stepped in with what is known as a batson challenge saying that four white female jurors in a row was gender specific, unconstitutional. so then one after the other, they went through those four white females. the prosecutor got two of those strikes to remain. but the defense got two of those jurors back. two of those jurors the prosecutor did not want that are on this six-person jury. >> yeah. so you heard sunny. i imagine you heard sunny hostin talk about the jury makeup about women. as you're there in the courtroom and you're watching, is the

strategy of picking a woman, it's obvious, right? they want -- are they thinking that women may be more sympathetic to either side here? >> reporter: i think they're listening to exactly what these women had to say. now, let me tell you that the order of their individual questioning was the order in which they went for these strikes. so it wasn't for the group of 40 in general. and the group was predominantly women. so that as the judge said is reality right there. but i think what's to note is all of their differences. they have -- they are various ages. they have various life experiences. some have children. the woman that is -- is black or, as the prosecutor said, possibly hispanic, moved from chicago recently. she has eight children. one near the age of trayvon martin. and there are mothers on this jury. >> right. yeah. we're going to talk more about that. my next question to you, the mothers have been in the

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now. one is the stock market. the dow. look at that. down 337 points. all because of the federal reserve, federal chair came out and said just the other day that the quantitative easing or the stimulus going to be easing off now. it's the end of that. so people are taking their money out here. we've been watching this. felicia taylor watching this on wall street to suggest how far this goes. one, before we bring felicia in, i want to tell you that sanford, florida, live pictures in the courtroom. george zimmerman. that neighborhood -- volunteer neighborhood watchman accused of killing trayvon martin, the unarmed teager, shooting him, has admitted to shooting him, the jury has been picked in that case. a six-member jury. we're going to take you there live as well. back to wall street now and felicia taylor. felicia, it is not looking good. >> no. and it's absolutely accelerated in terms of the selling pace in just literally the last probably five or ten minutes. that is not necessarily unusual.

the last hour of trade between sort of quarter to 3:00 and 3:00 on the new york stock exchange often accelerates what the pace has been. i would anticipate that selloff is going to continue. we are near session lows. the lowest so far was 338 points. the debate is out there, don, as to when this pace of, you know, bond buying is going to start to pull back. again, you know, and i emphasize this because i think it is so important. this is -- this is a slow pullback. they aren't taking away all of the funds and the stimulus that has been in the marketplace all at one time. nevertheless, the market has been trading and had double digit gains this year. if somebody had come to you in january and said, you know what, i'm going to give you and guarantee the dow is going to be 8%, 10%, you'd be like, i'd take it. so far the s&p is up 13%. now we're up 11%. that's not a bad -- that's not a bad gain in your 401(k) if you've been able to ride through some of these market highs and lows. >> felicia taylor, thank you

very much. we appreciate that. we'll keep a close eye on that. getting close to the top of the hour on cnn. we're going to regroup and get more information on the two breaking news stories here. one in sanford, florida. the other one on wall street where the dow is tanking. no better way to put it. dow is tanking. we'll be right back. [ female announcer ] made just a little sweeter... because all these whole grains aren't healthy unless you actually eat them ♪ multigrain cheerios. also available in delicious peanut butter. healthy never tasted so sweet.

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-- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com i'm don lemon in new york. breaking news on cnn. two big breaking news story, as a matter of fact. one is the dow. down 350 points right now. it lplummets. also in florida, a jury has been picked in the george zimmerman trial. that volunteer neighborhood watchman accused of killing an unarmed teenager last year. we're going to get live to cnn's sunny hostin -- excuse me, jean casarez who is our legal analyst. she is down in florida. she has been in the courtroom

with the jury selection really following this case from the very beginning. i want to talk to you about this. it's all -- the jury is six women. five are white. one is black. or hispanic. not exactly sure. the four alternates right now, jean, are being selected. between them it could be the two men, two women. again, all of them are white right now. >> reporter: don, i think we've got those alternates for everybody. they were just selected. it is a white male, a white female. another white male. and a white female. so all of the alternates are white. they were just selected minutes ago. this was such an intense process, don, in that room. it went by very quickly. it was very intense. there were what is known as back strikes. just sort of like a game. back and forth between the attorneys. of course, the jurors are not there. but i think the -- the thing that everybody is surprised at is that it will be an all female jury at this point to deliberate this case. >> mm-hmm. as i mentioned, we have sunny hostin here as well. jean, don't go anywhere.

i want to get to sunny. sunny, you have been following this case and have been reading some of the questions they ask jurors. what did you know about from the media? one of them was a pregnant woman who is married. she said, i know the media doesn't know everything. this was a difficult selection process for the folks down there. >> it really was. i estimated it would take about a week. clearly i was wrong. it took more than a week. about two weeks. it was very clear they couldn't find someone that hadn't heard about this case. i don't think you want that in a case like this. that person must have been living under a rock. you want someone that knows something about the case, not a lot. that person can then sort of push that aside and just listen to the evidence. that's really what they were trying to get to during the questioning. okay. everybody has an opinion about race. people have opinions about guns. but can you put those opinions aside and just listen to the evidence? these jurors said yeah, they could do that. >> jean, you know, we've been talking a lot about women and about mothers. we have seen the mothers from both trayvon martin's mother and george zimmerman's mother, their families have been in the courtroom for the jury selection

process and for everything that's been going on there. >> reporter: that's right. and the parents for trayvon martin were in that courtroom right now as that jury was being selected. another interesting note. not only are there no men on the jury, no african-american men on the jury, there was an african-american man. it's the prosecution that struck that man. preemptory strike. defense did not challenge it. because of that, there are no men on the jury. >> yeah. when will this trial start? either jean or sunny. sunny first, then jean. >> we're hearing that the opening statements may occur as early as monday. that makes sense. because these sequestered, mean they're not going to be able to go home or be with their families for the duration of the trial which is supposed to take two to four weeks. the judge may impanel them today. let them go home over the weekend, settle their affairs and come back monday ready to get to work. >> jean, you have knowledge no

one else has watching this. neither of us here on the set. sunny has been down there. you're there now. take us inside the courtroom as this jury was impanelled, was selected today. >> reporter: it was so intense. and it was fast. and the families were there listening. george -- i mean trayvon martin's family was right there with benjamin crump. you had to just write down your numbers very quickly and put it all together. that's how it is at the end. because the individual questioning had concluded. the general questioning by both sides had concluded. it was just those preemptory strikes for whatever reason they wanted, they felt a juror wasn't appropriate. just like that you had a jury. >> we're hearing george zimmerman may speak so. if he does we'll listen in. he's being asked questions now. let's listen. >> -- during the lunch period about which jurors you would like to have on the jury or which jurors you would rather not? >> yes, your honor. >> and you've heard the decisions and the strikes made in this case by your attorneys?

>> yes, your honor. >> is the decisions made by your attorneys acceptable to you? >> yes, your honor. >> and the jurors that i announced, were you able to hear the six members of the jury and the four alternates? >> yes, your honor. >> is this jury panel acceptable to you, sir? >> yes, your honor. >> okay. please have a seat. what i would like to do is you're getting your witness in line? can i have the ones we're not taking? i want to see first the ones i'm going to dismiss. >> okay. now you see that's what's happening inside the courtroom. i am surrounded by legal powerhouses here. jean casarez is down -- she's our legal analyst. she's down in sanford, florida. she has been in the courtroom. sunny hostin, legal analyst as well, she is here in new york. she's going to help me out with this. also our senior legal analyst, mr. jeffrey toobin on the line now. you heard the defendant, george zimmerman, being asked questions and then answering. standard procedure, jeffrey? >> exactly.

that happens in almost those words in every criminal case in every state. >> yeah. what do you think of the makeup of this particular where you are? we can put it up here. four are white. one is black. one they're not sure about the race. could be hispanic. could be black. four alternates. in the four alternates, two or women, two are men. all of them are white. pretty much who's going to decide this trial, because the alternates may never have to come in here, it's going to be all women, jeffrey. >> that's stwomewhat unusual, b not without precedent. i don't know if that helps one side more than the other, frankly. i don't think there is a particularly gender driven division on this case. obviously the racial makeup of the case is something a lot of people will point to. it seems roughly consistent with that part of florida. although, you know, it doesn't have to be exactly a replica of

the community. but i bet it's going to be a fast trial. i think we got the jury that's going to decide it. >> i want to talk to the ladies here. sunny, we can disagree with each other here on cnn. >> sure. >> you think that it's -- that it being all women does say something. >> yeah. i used to prosecute child sex crimes. so i went and met with a lot of jury consultants, actually, about the effect of having women on a jury. and i actually think if i remember and recall correctly that women do tend to be more sympathetic when the victim is a child. i think that that will play out here. i was in the courtroom for some of the voir dire when this woman, the black woman -- she could be latina as well. >> voir dire is for? >> voir dire jury selection. i was there when she was seated. she's from chicago. jean can correct me if i'm wrong. she's from chicago. just recently moved from florida. she is, i think, a nursing assistant. she commented about the fact that she has a lot of children. i think it was six or seven

children. some of them very young. a set of twins, if i recall correctly, as well as one of the children the same age as trayvon martin. i just can't imagine that if is a bre -- sybrina fulton testifi which she may, she's on the witness list, there's a lot of testimony about his age and the fact he was a child, that could come into play. >> jean casarez, quickly, what do you make of what's been said here? >> reporter: to go along with that, i have been tallying up my notes. five of the six female jurors are mothers. one is not a mother. but they have children that are in their 20s, a lot of them. the lady that sunny is talking about from chicago, she has eight children. 20 years old is the oldest one. she has several right around the age of trayvon martin. >> jean casarez, we're going to need you. please don't go anywhere. sunny, we're going to need you. jeffrey as well. i have to get to another breaking story here on cnn. it's not a good day to look at

the balance in your retirement account. stocks are falling in the final hour of the trading day on wall street. we want to get now to rana down on wall street as well as our felicia taylor. again, surrounded by people who can help me out here. rana, to you, what is going on here? >> well, it's a good question. i think you have to go back to the announcement yesterday from the fed that quantitative easing, that asset buying program where we've been seeing the fed pour $85 billion a month into the market is going to be tapered. it's going to be scaled back at some point next year. at some point after that interest rates will start to rise. this is something we know has been coming for a long time now. ben bernanke and the fed have been kind of trying to tiptoe away from it. because we knew we were going to have a market reaction. the fed's buying program has had some effect in pushing the market up over the last few years. now the big question is how much is it going to dip now that we know this quantitative easing

program is going to be ending. >> felicia, you're down there. what's the mood as you look out on to the trading floor? >> well, i can't say that there's been any, you know, pickup in panic at all. what this is, though, is obviously we're seeing a fairly healthy selloff. it sounds odd to say that. it's a pullback. it's also trading on any negative headline that it sees. manager that crossed the headlines just about 20 minutes ago, that's when you saw the selling pressure accelerate, was word evidently from the international monetary fund that it is preparing to suspend aid payments to greece by the end of next month unless the eurozone leaders plug what is about a 3 billion euro hole they call a shortfall that has opened up in greece. that, again, a negative headline. it will throw the market into another selling mode. also what's out there in the last hour or trade are these high frequency traders that trade on algorithms. we haven't been able to push through resistance on the s&p of 1610. so what they've done is they're

just hammering it back down again. >> felicia, listen, at one point i looked up. at the top of the hour it was down 350 points. can someone bottom line it for me? for people -- when you say those numbers, i can't even figure out how much to tip someone, the percentage of that. what does this mean right now if this continues in this direction? what does this mean for us today? >> well, okay. so the -- the bulls in the marketplace will start to question whether or not they can jump back in. is this going to present a buying opportunity. this is a 2% pullback. that's fairly significant. the question becomes, you know, how much further is the market going to get hammered by the anticipation of this pullback in stimulus. i wouldn't -- i wouldn't be surprised if we continue to see a further retracement. the question then becomes, when do you start to buy again? the equity market in the united states is still one of the safest markets to buy into. there's also the strengthening dollar. that's something people are going to be keeping an eye on. that looks like that is going to accelerate as well. again, any kind of negative

headline that comes out on a day like this will continue to exacerbate the selling off at the end of the day. we've got another 50 minutes to go. >> all right. rana, what does this mean for people who don't sit around all day and watch the ticker at the bottom of the screen to see what the dow is doing or who don't have it up on their computer. >> are you suggesting that's what i do all day? >> yeah. because you're the expert here. for people like me who just kind of go, hey, listen, someone help me out with my investments, what does this mean to me? >> look, the bottom line is that there are three legs on the stool that is the global economy. the u.s., europe and china. europe and china are looking kind of shaky right now. the u.s., the underlying data is still pretty good. there is a recovery on. you are going to continue to see volatility in the market, particularly around announcements over things like unemployment. the fed has said that it will start scaling back those asset buys depending on where unemployment goes. they want it to go down to 7% and ultimately 6.5%. every time you see data coming

out, i think you're going to see market jitters. i think we're in for several months of this. >> okay. >> you bring up another good point. i don't mean to interrupt. >> quickly, felicia. >> absolutely. the other thing she brought up is that third leg is china. one of the numbers that came out today is they're pulling back in manufacturing. that's not a good sign. >> okay. thanks to both of you ladies. we appreciate it. >> thank you. we're going to continue to follow the markets. we're also monitoring two breaking news stories here. actually, we're monitoring three. don't forget, there's an immigration bill that they're talking about in washington today. that's breaking news as well. we're following news down in florida. a jury has been impanelled in the george zimmerman trial. the volunteer neighborhood watchman. also the dow tanking, down some 330 points as we go to break. we'll be right back. peoi go to angie's listt for all kinds of reasons. to gauge whether or not the projects will be done in a timely fashion and within budget. angie's list members can tell you which provider is the best in town. you'll find reviews

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in the works in congress to build a big, long fence along the border with mexico. some 700 miles. plus, a surge of border agents. in exchange for that, a possible path to citizenship for millions of people now in this country illegally. the idea is to build support among senate republicans for this push to fix the immigration system. not everyone is buying in on this. not everyone is buying it. we have reaction just a short time ago. >> i think it's important that we look at the details of the amendment. let's actually read it before we vote on it. and i think once the american people do, they'll understand the same thing they came to understand about the underlying bill. it opportunity truly fix the problem. >> david vitter from louisiana there. an initial reaction from one of the senate's more conservative republicans. we're going to talk this over with maria car ddona, democrati

strategist. and ben, first to you. >> didn't we do this in 2006? i'm having deja vu. did the senate -- did they not do the exact same thing they're saying they're doing this time? >> listen, the question -- >> we passed a bill on this. it was a 700 mile fence. >> should republicans support the immigration bill? if it's amended to include this border fence and doubling of federal border agents, should republicans say yes? should they support it? >> the question is, is congress going to lie to us the same way that they did in 2006. we've already passed a bill that was going to have a 700-mile fence. >> how did congress lie to us in 2006? >> they passed this. they passed a bill to have a border fence called the border security act in 2006. >> you said congress lied in 2006. >> yes. they lied. we built 36 miles of this fence. that's it. so now they're saying, oh, okay. we know we said we were going to do it the first time and we didn't do it. but don't worry.

this time we really mean it. they also said in '96 we were going to have biometrics at our entry ports. that was in 1996. which they're now claiming is going to be a part of this bill this time. they haven't done that either. why should i trust them on either of these issues? >> maria, ben is saying congress didn't keep their word. can you imagine? >> shocking, right? >> imagine that. look, don. i'm not crazy about this deal. but for a very different reason. in fact, the exact opposite of what ben is saying. because of what the actual facts show. the facts show that the border, the southern border, is more secure than it has been ever. and that resources going to the southern border are more than what we spend on the dea, atf, and fbi combined. crime at the border is a third of what it was ten years ago. >> maria, i'm going to tell you, i know what -- let me gauge what

ben is going to say right now. ben is going to say -- ben is going to say wait a minute. those are talking points. they do sound like talking points. >> it's facts. >> don, the border is so secure that we've only let, like, 11 or 12 or 13 or 14 million people in that we couldn't catch. we're doing a great job with the border. >> that has happened in the last 30 years. that has happened in the last 30 years, ben, you're right. that's why we have to fix the broken immigration system. >> hang on. both of you stop, stop, stop. i'll get to you, maria. ben first. she says we have to fix the broken immigration system. you keep saying congress isn't doing this. we're not doing that. ben, what do we do, then? >> well, i think you have to look at are they doing a bait and switch? the answer is yes. the american people are more in favor of securing the border, more than 60-something percent, 63%, 64% in a cnn poll just a

couple days ago. they're more in favor of that than actually having a pathway to citizenship which is only in the 30%. the point is this. if they think they can pass amnesty or any type of immigration reform bill without securing the border, it virtually is meaningless because there's still going to be an influx of people coming across that border. and we have not fixed the problem. americans even understand that bipartisan right now. >> maria, really quickly. i'm up against the clock. i have a lot of breaking news. real quickly. >> right. no one wants amnesty, ben. democrats are focused on securing the border. >> sure they do. >> and focused on a pathway to citizenship. which by the way the majority of the american people believe that the two need to happen in order to fix our broken immigration system. the bottom line is, ben, if republicans don't do this, you're never fwoigoing to see t inside of the white house in 50 years. >> then you should be thrilled. you should be thrilled. >> i'm not thrilled. i think it's a problem that needs to be fixed. >> i will hook you guys up. i'll let the producers do it. i'm going to move on with the

show. we appreciate it. >> thank you, don. lots of breaking news here on cnn including the dow jones industrial average down about 350 points. and a jury has been selected in the george zimmerman trial. we're going to go live to sanford, florida, next. we know it's your videoconference of the day. hi! hi, buddy! that's why the free wifi and hot breakfast are something to smile about. book a great getaway now and feel the hamptonality (announcenergy cycle... natural cats. they were born to play. to eat. then rest. to fuel the metabolic cycle they were born to have, purina one created new healthy metabolism wet and dry. with purina one and the right activity, we're turning feeding into a true nature experience. join us at purinaone.com

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two big breaking news stories here on cnn. look at the dow. down 351 points. it was going along swimmingly. well, that was a week ago. now, it is down and it is less than an hour, really about 35 minutes left in the trading day. how will it close? we're going to see. we're going to check in live on wall street in just a moment. break k news into cnn. a jury has been selected in the george zimmerman murder trial. it's all six jurors, we should tell you, are female. five are white. one is black or hispanic. four alternates have also been selected, two men, two women. all of them white as well. we have our legal analyst here, sunny hostin is with me. jean casarez, legal analyst down in florida. she has been in the courtroom. why are we talking about the racial makeup of the jury? because this will come down to race. that's what he's on trial for, sunny. for killing. but because he may have targeted

him. >> i'm not sure it will necessarily come down to race, don. clearly the prosecution, if you look at the initial papers, talked about profiling. they used the term "profiling." which is a loaded word. but the question is, will they hone in on that and will they say he was profiled because of his race, because of the way he was dressed, because of the way he was behaving? that was still to be determined. certainly the pretrial publicity has really focused on race. i was there in sanford. there were people protesting and there were courtroom watchers. they definitely felt race would be an issue. you've got six women. five are white. one is black or hispanic. i remember looking at her in the courtroom. i suspect what's going to be more important, don, in this case, is the fact that these women are mothers. >> jean casarez down in florida, jean, people have been asking me on social media, why not 12? why six? explain that to us. >> reporter: that's because we are in florida.

in florida you have to have a capital case to have a jury of 12. every other case has a jury of six. five of the six women are mothers. two of them are very new to the area. the lady from chicago has only been here for four months. another woman has only been here for seven months. before that she lived in iowa. so that is, i think, very interesting. the fact that many are mothers, some are children close to the age of trayvon, i don't think can be ignored. >> all right. jean casarez, thank you very much. stand by. we'll be talking about this throughout the hour. sunny hostin stand by as well. we'll be watching that. we're also going to watch the dow. you can see we're going to keep it up in the corner of your screen. down 358 points. that was the lowest i've seen it since we have been on the air. we're going to follow that for you as well. still ahead here on cnn, he

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a mobster who saw a therapist. a gangster prone to panic att k attac attacks. he's being remembered as a gentle giant. cnn looks back at some of his most impressive roles and accomplishments. >> i'm a waste management business. everyone assumes you're mobbed up. it's a stereotype. it's offensive. you're the last person i would want to perpetuate it. >> reporter: tony soprano. the mob dad with a soft spot the size of new jersey for his daughter. >> there is no mafia. all right. look, meg, you're a grown woman. almost. some of my money comes from illegal gambling and whatnot. >> reporter: could be a nasty piece of work. profane, violent, even racist. >> i've got business associates who are black. they don't want my son with

their daughters and i don't want their sons with mine. >> reporter: in the hands of james gandolfini, tony soprano the thug became human, familiar, vulnerable. maybe in spite of ourselves, likable. >> you know, not all impotence is a result of the medication. >> you're saying there's something wrong with me? >> when's the last time you had a prostate exam? >> i don't even let anybody put their finger in my face. >> reporter: in 2000 when he won his first emmy for the role -- >> the emmy goes to james gandolfini. >> reporter: his reaction says it all. the son of a bricklayer makes good. his acceptance speech. humble. almost shy. classic gandolfini. >> i can't really explain this except for i think the academy has an affinity for slightly overweight bald men. >> reporter: nominated six times for his portrayal of tony soprano, he won three. here's how the former bouncer and nightclub manager described the character on his first win. >> he tries to do the right thing and screws everything up

by doing that. honeymooners kind of thing. a little more dangerous. >> reporter: he had range. spot on as leon panetta in "zero dark thirty." all too believable new york city mayor in the taking of 123. >> somebody hijacked a six train. >> reporter: he could even play wickedly funny. nominated for a tony for his role as a brooklyn parent in "god of carnage." >> your virtue went straight out the window once you decided to be a killer. >> i absolutely did not murder the hamster. >> reporter: or the general in the british comedy "in the loop." >> it's kicked up a little. they're talking invasion. reasonably seriously. >> reporter: his interest in the military went beyond fiction. two hbo documentaries about the effects of war on the men and women who fight them. he visited troops in both iraq and afghanistan. here he is from a uso tour in

2010. >> it was like coming out here to the bases. it's a good change of pace for the guys and the ladies. i know that it makes me appreciate the whole thing more. >> reporter: twice married with two kids, gandolfini mostly stayed away from the limelight. he spoke to james lipton in 2004. >> finally, jim, if heaven exists, what would you like to hear god say when you arrive at the pearly gates? >> take over for a while. i'll be right back. no. no, no, no. no, no, no. >> that's it. that's it. you dare not change it. it's too good. it's too good. >> think of the possibilities. >> reporter: gandolfini, who spent part of his younger years in naples, italy, was set to receive an award at the film festival in sicily when he died. saying good-bye won't be easy. cnn, hollywood. >> james gandolfini. just 51 years old. we're continuing to follow two breaking news stories here

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the breaking news this hour on cnn. a jury has been selected in the george zimmerman murder trial. sunny hostin is with me here. she is our legal analyst. sunny, i just got this from our southeast bureau chief. she says judge deborah nelson just told jurors they will report 9:00 a.m. monday morning for opening statements. court is in recess and will resume with the fry hearing? >> fry hearing is to determine whether or not the science being used is generally accepted within the scientific community. this is about that voice recording. >> 9:00 a.m. monday. >> i'll be there. >> is that quick or that's about

normal. >> it's about normal. because this jury is going to be sequestered. there's no question this judge wants to make sure they can go home, get all their affairs settled. they're going to be in for the long haul. i will be there on monday. >> all women. >> all women. >> all women so far. two men as alternates. thank you. appreciate it. stick with me here. i'm going to need you throughout this half hour here on cnn. until we get to "the lead" with jake tapper at 4:00 p.m. eastern. a second case of violence is now linked to the new england patriots aaron hernandez. boston affiliate wcvb reports a connecticut fan is suing the football player claiming hernandez shot him in the face. police in miami have no record of the incident. police in massachusetts have searched hernandez's home in an unrelated investigation involving a body found less than a mile away near a car rented by hernandez. hernandez has refused comment on the investigation. okay. so this is it, folks. a series for the nba history

books conclude tonight in miami. the heat, the spurs, game seven of epic confrontation. so cnn's rachel nichols is in miami. and she's been digging in on this. she's in the middle of things there. rachel found out for herself in possession of lebron's headband, will he be wearing it tonight? let's listen. >> about a minute to go in game six. security guards come out. they start putting that yellow tape around the floor. they get ready to wheel that championship trophy in, give it to the spurs. >> we felt like that was basically burying us alive. throwing dirt on us before it was over. at the end of the day, it's still more game to play. let's finish this game out and see what happens. >> reporter: all right. we have to talk about the headband. of course, i have one here for you. do you recognize this? this is your old friend. do you keep this guy next to you at all times? >> he's a little mad at me right now. we have to talk in an hour or so. i haven't not played with it in

so long. >> reporter: dwyane wade said i'm going to try to see, i'm going to talk him into not wearing it game seven. can you give us the exclusive? >> i don't know. it's a very tough decision. i got to decide if i'm going to wear it or not wear it. i think i will. he's been a part of this journey, the ups and downs of my career so far. so we'll see what happens. >> reporter: no man left behind. >> no man left behind. >> reporter: how much of game seven is about xs and os and how much is about heart? >> i think it's all heart. at the end of the day, xs and os, coaching staff going to put you in position to succeed. but you've got to go out and do it. i think it's about heart and determination at this point. which team is going to win the victory. >> reporter: you know, we want to reunite you with your friend. >> sorry, buddy. still love you. >> this is going to be epic. there she is. rachel nichols. did you have to bust out the man's headband, rachel? >> reporter: you know, i have my methods don, come on.

i think no question, his friend, as he says, has been with him through thick and thin. he's going to start the game wearing it. he makes no promises on finishing it that way. things aren't going well, we might see him slip it off. we'll have to find out how it goes. >> i was just going to say for casual fans, they may have just learned that san antonio is a pretty good darn team. >> san antonio is an excellent team. tim duncan going for his fifth nba championship ring. that's pretty staggering. it's a very small list if you think about it. and, you know, the entire team is packed with potential hall of famers, with all-stars. several guys there going for their fourth ring. this is a team that nobody expects to just fall apart in the final minutes of the game. they were up by five with less than 30 seconds to go in game six. the championship trophy being literally wheeled out on to the court for them. they let the heat storm back. a team that normally has a little bit tougher championship bite let one slide there. we'll have to see what happens

in game seven, whether they can close the door or whether it will be lebron james and the miami heat who go and claim what will be his second ring. >> nice assignment there, ms. nicho nichols. enjoy. we'll all be watching tonight. >> reporter: thank you so much. up next, a hearing is under way on capitol hill, prompted by edward snowden's leaks on the nsa surveillance tactics. new questions about people who have access to top security in this country. [ female announcer ] what if the next big thing, isn't a thing at all? it's lots of things. all waking up. ♪ becoming part of the global phenomenon we call the internet of everything. ♪ trees will talk to networks will talk to scientists about climate change. cars will talk to road sensors will talk to stoplights about traffic efficiency. the ambulance will talk to patient records will talk to doctors about saving lives.

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welcome back, everyone. i'm don lemon here. we're following lots of breaking news here on cnn. dow down almost -- it's 377 points right now. a jury has been chosen in the george zimmerman trial. we'll continue to give you updates as we get them on cnn. other news to tell you about. a senate hearing into the system that tdss who gets access to the government's most secret security details. you're looking at live pictures there. you can probably guess why lawmakers have called this. edward snowden, 29 years old, a high school dropout, was not even working directly for the federal government when he revealed documents that showed the nsa is snooping into your private information. the inspector general for the office of personnel management is going to testify about how broken the system is that approving federal employees and contractors like snowden. inspector general found one woman who did credit checks, well, she made up details on 1,600 reports. he also learned 20 employees have either been convicted or will plead guilty to falsifying

background checks. listen to what the inspector general told senators in the last hour. >> i'm here to inform you that there is an alarmingly insufficient level of oversight of the federal investigative services program. the lack of independent verification of the organization that conducts these important background investigations is a clear threat to national security. if a background investigation is not conducted properly, all other steps taken when issuing a security clearance are called into question. >> how did this happen? what's going to be done next? joining me now is attorney john berry who's worked with multiple clients seeking security clearance. john, describe the process your clients went through. anything about it in particular that strikes you? >> in terms of just the general security clearance process, it's -- it's pretty straightforward. you go through, you're

interviewed by an investigator. the investigator interviews your friends, your relatives, other individuals and tries to provide a good -- a good basis for the investigation. i mean, it's a real -- it's supposed to be a comprehensive investigation. but the problem is, is we're finding now that there are a lot of problems in the process. >> does it surprise you that a man like edward snowden received security clearance? he is an army veteran who once worked for the ci aira. a former military -- is he a shoo-in? >> i would say he probably had a pretty clear sailing process. i mean, he had a number of clearances. he was with the cia. they probably wouldn't have done too much follow-up when he left the cia and moved into the contracting field. it's just -- it's one of those things where he wouldn't have raised too many red flags. >> okay. i want to read a detail, a little detail about snowden reported in "the guardian." it says his allegiance to internet freedom is reflected in

the stickers on his laptop. i support online rights. electronic frontier foundation, reads one of them. we have no idea when he puts the sticker on. something that small, could that be a red flag? >> it might. it would have to depend on what -- you know, what he said to others. again, he's working for a contctor which is going to have a clr so among the problems is because there are so many contractors receiving these top secret clearances, there's less and less oversight. i think mr. mcfarland needs to get on the ball here. there needs to be a lot more oversight and more insourcng because a lot of investigations are conducted by contractors. >> but are these things reviewed? his security clearance would expire and they check again, correct? there's a review process. you just don't have it forever? >> no, it's typically five years. the problem is the government

now is delaying reinvestigations because of the furlough. so eight real problem. >> all right. john barry, thank you. we appreciate it. >> thank you, don. >> up next, continuing to follow the two breaking news stories, the dow down almost 350 points now. and a jury chosen in the george zimmerman trial. we'll be right back. hoo-hoo hoo. sir... i'll get it together i promise... heeheehee. jimmy: ronny, how happy are folks who save hundreds of dollars switching to geico? ronny: i'd say happier than the pillsbury doughboy on his way to a baking convention. get happy. get geico. fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more.

we are just minutes away from the closing bell on what's been a really rough day on wall street. right now the dow is down 341 points. investors suffering a case of jitters from ben bernanke's outlining of a possible wind down of the fed's bond buying program. >> the assistant editor for "time" magazines joins us now. ben bernanke said the government might stop buying bonds if the economy continues to get better. is wall street overreacting? >> they've created a kind of a disconnect between markets, which have really been up over the last couple of years and the real economy, where people are not feeling so great. you have unemployment higher than average. you're seeing the real economy starting to reconnect with markets and they're going to meet somewhere in the middle.

>> so just real quickly if you can give me this, we got a report today showing that manufacturing is slowing down in china, right? is that playing a role? >> yes. it's interesting, i just came from two weeks of reporting in china. it is definitely slowing down there. but i don't want to overplay this because we have known for some time that china was going to slow down and in fact china needs to slow down. it needs to rebalance its economic model, which has been too reliant on cheap exports and start to create a consumer economy. but they're in this very fuzzy period now as they do that. there's going to be a lot of risks. if you think of the three legs on the stool, china is one, europe is one and the u.s. is one. the u.s. is the only really solid one. >> the dow down almost 328 points. the closing bell is going to ring at any moment. there is george zimmerman, the volunteer neighborhood watchman.

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breaking news on cnn. those are live pictures from sanford, florida. george zimmerman, a jury has been selected. the jury is all women and two men as alternates.

>> here in florida, if it is not a felony, it is a six-member jury. five of the six are mothers and i've been looking at their medical experience if any because the injuries to george zimmerman i think are going to become an issue in this case. it's the defense position that he broke his nose. i blow from what i've heard in open court the prosecutor may say that a nose was not broken, did not go to the hospital, only went to a clinic. didn't get the attention would you need if you had a broken nose. this is a juror that is a certified health safety office, there is a juror that has practiced as a chiropractor and also a certified nursing assistant. >> this is expected to take about two to four weeks. the judge says monday morning, 9:00 a.m. report, opening statements are going to start then.

jeanne was there for the entire jury selection process. big news here on cnn, george zimmerman jury selected and also the dow down, tanking down. "the lead" with jake tapper starts right now. the closing bell on wall street and not a moment too soon to stop that ugly bleeding. i'm jake tapper and this is "the lead." breaking news in the money lead. do yourself a favor. do not check your 401(k) right now. whether or not you know what taper means or a bernanke, they're affecting you as the dow heads toward the center of the earth. what should you be doing about it? >> the pop culture lead. he portrayed one. most iconic tv characters of all time, james gandolfini, who brought vivid life to tony soprano. how would he want you to remember him? you'll meet people who knew a special side of him you probably